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Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008 :: Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008 :: Day 3 Friday 17th October 2008

 

Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008

OVERVIEW Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008

 

 

NAME

INSTITUTION

TITLE

08.00-09.00

Registration

09.00-09.10

 

 

Welcome Addresses
Room A

Anastasios Manthos

Rector, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

 

09.10-09.20

Margaritis Tzimas

Ministry of Macedonia/Thrace, Greece

 

09.20-09.30

Panagiotis Psomiadis

Prefect, Prefecture of Thessaloniki

 

09.30-09.40

TBA

Hellenic Ministry of External Affairs

 

09.40-09.50

Evangelos Baltas

Hellenic Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works

 

09.50-10.00

TBA

Hellenic Ministry of Development

 

10.00-10.10

Aikaterini Douka-Kabitoglou

Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO

OPENING ADDRESS

10.10-10.20

Shahbaz Khan
(Key Note)

UNESCO IHP(HELP-ISARM and PCCP)

TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS: UNESCO IHP’s CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE AND POLICY
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10.20-10.30

Jacques Ganoulis

UNESCO Chair & Network INWEB

THE IV INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TWM: STRUCTURE & EXPECTED OUTPUT

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break

11.00-11.15

 

 

 

 

Opening Speeches
Room A

 

Evangelos Baltas
(Key Note)

 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES & THE HYDROLOGIC PREFECTURES IN GREECE

11.15-11.30

 

Didier Pennequin (Key Note)

 

BRGM, France 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE CONCEPTS AT THE FRONTIERS OF EUROPE FOR TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: ILLUSION OR REALITY?
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11.30-11.45

Evan Vlachos
(Key Note)

Colorado State University, USA

POTENTIAL CLIMATE CHANGES AND TRANSBOUNDARY WATER INTERDEPENDENCIES
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11.45-12.00

Lilian del Castillo-Laborde (Key Note)

Buenos Aires University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina

ANTARCTIC SUB-GLACIAL LAKES AND WATERS THE CHALLENGE TO PROTECT A HIDDEN RESOURCE
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12.00-12.15

Jean Fried
(Key Note)

University of California, USA, Senior Consultant, UNESCO

TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER EDUCATION OR TRAINING: WHY, WHO, WHAT?

12.15-14.00

Lunch Break/ Poster Session (see separate table for poster presentations)

 

 

14.00-16.10

 

 

Parallel Sessions (1)
Rooms A,B,C

Session 1(I): Room A Technical/Scientific
General Aspects / Lakes.
Jean Francois Donzier (Key Note)
 (see separate table for presentations)

Session 1(II): Room B
Technical/Scientific
Climate Change / Groundwaters

Ognjen Bonacci (Key Note)
 (see separate table for
presentations)

Session 1(III): Room C
Technical/Scientific
General Aspects / Rivers

Ofelia Tujchneider (Key Note)
(see separate table for
presentations)

16.10-16.40

Coffee Break

16.40-19.30

Sightseeing trip of Thessaloniki and Welcome Drink


Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008
Technical/Scientific Issues of TWM:  Experience from around the world
Session 1(I): Room A.  General Aspects / Lakes.

14.00-14.10

KEY NOTE
Jean Francois Donzier

International Network of Basin Organisations (INBO)

HOW CAN TRANSBOUNDARY SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES BE MANAGED IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE MANNER BY CONCERNED RIPARIAN COUNTRIES?
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14.10-14.20

Menani Mohamed Redha

Batna University, Algeria

NUMERICAL INDEXING OF RISKS OF CONFLICTS AROUND THE TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES 
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14.20-14.30

T. Vansteenkiste

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,Belgium

WISE-RTD WEB PORTAL AS A TOOL FOR SHARING WATER RELATED RESEARCH INFORMATION
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14.30-14.40

R. Mosello

C.N.R. Institute of Ecosystem Study, Italy

Limnological reseArch on Lake Maggiore as a contribution to transboundary cooperation between Italy and Switzerland
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14.40-14.50

Valeria Petrechenkova1
Elena Ostrovskaya2

1Caspian Marine Scientific Research Center, Russia
2UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands

ORGANIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN THE CASPIAN SEA AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS
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14.50-15.00

Spase Shumka

Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania

HOW FAR IS THE CURERNT STATUS OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY SHKODRA/SCADAR LAKE FROM THE IRBM REQUIREMENTS

15.00-15.10

M. Gletsos

Society for the Protection of Prespa, Greece

MONITORING IN SHARED WATERS: DEVELOPING A TRANS-BOUNDARY MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE PRESPA PARK
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15.10-15.20

D. Vagiona, P. Ganoulis

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

TRANSBOUNDARY MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN PRESPA LAKE REGION

15.20-15.30

Hubert Onibon

Volta River basin project UNEP/GEF-UNOPS

ADDRESSING TRANSBOUNDARY CONCERNS IN THE VOLTA RIVER BASINAND ITS DOWNSTREAM COASTAL AREA
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15.30-15.40

B. Ngounou Ngatcha

University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

The state of understanding on groundwater recharge for the sustainable management of transboundary aquifer in the Lake Chad basin
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15.40-15.50

K. Kober

Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations, Spain

TRANSFER OF IWRM PRINCIPLES TO NON-EU TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS

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15.50-16.00

Haseen Khan

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO MONITORING FOR TRANSBOUNDARY WATER GOVERNANCE
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16.00-16.10

Islam Mustafaev

Institute of Radiation Problems ANAS, Azerbaijan

PROBLEMS OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT IN AZERBAIJAN
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Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008
Technical/Scientific Issues of TWM:  Experience from around the world
Session 1(II): Room B. Climate Change / Groundwaters

14.00-14.10

KEY NOTE
Ognjen Bonacci

University of Split, Croatia 

CHALLENGES IN TRANSBOUNDARY KARST WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

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14.10-14.20

Miriam Ndini

Institute for Energy, Water and Environment, Albania

CLIMATE CHANGES AND THE EXPECTED IMPACT TO THE TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES IN ALBANIA
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14.20-14.30

M. Jeuland

University of North Carolina, USA

Climate Change Implications for Water Resources Planning in Transboundary Water Systems
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14.30-14.40

Snejana Dakova

National Institute of Hydrology & Meteorology, Bulgaria

WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE. A CASE STUDY ON TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS STRUMA/STRIMON AND MESTA NESTOS

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14.40-14.50

C. C. Boscornea

National Administration Romanian Waters, Rumania

ROMANIAN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT UNDER CONDITIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
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14.50-15.00

D. K. Chadha

Central Ground Water Authority, India

DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS OF INDUS BASIN
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15.00-15.10

Zoran Stevanović

University of Belgrade, Serbia

Towards sustainable management of transboundary Hungarian – Serbian aquifer
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15.10-15.20

P. Meglič

Geological Survey of Slovenia, Slovenia

TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER RESOURCES EXTENDING OVER SLOVENIAN TERRITORY
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15.20-15.30

Kaija, J

Geological Survey of Finland, Finland

WATER MANAGEMENT OF THREE SLOVAKIAN-HUNGARIAN TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER BODIES
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15.30-15.40

F. Wendland

Research Centre Jülich, Germany

NATURAL BACKGROUND LEVELS FOR GROUNDWATER IN THE UPPER RHINE VALLEYA
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15.40-15.50

Polshkova Irina N.

Water Problem Institute, Russia

The permanent existing models – the main instrument for assessment of transboundary groundwater flows
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15.50-16.00

Daria Čupić
AlenaVlašić

Croatian Waters, Croatia

POTENTIAL TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATERS IN CROATIA
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16.00-16.10

Radu Drobot

Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania

HYDROGEOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOMES-SZAMOS TRANSBOUNDARY ALLUVIAL AQUIFER
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Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008
Technical/Scientific Issues of TWM:  Experience from around the world
Session 1(III): Room C. General Aspects/ Rivers

14.00-14.10

KEY NOTE
Ofelia Tujchneider

Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina 

TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER YRENDA – TOBA – TARIJEÑO (ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY – SOUTH AMERICA): GROUND WATER- SURFACE WATER RELATIONS
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14.10-14.20

Brilly Mitja1
Stanka Koren2

1University of Ljubljana, 2Environmental Agency, Slovenia

TRANSBOUNDARY INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT
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14.20-14.30

M. Stefouli

Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Greece

TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT USING INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES

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14.30-14.40

Carlos Patiño –Gómez

Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, Mexico

WATER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IN MEXICO-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BORDER REGION

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14.40-14.50

Matilde López M

Universidad de Chile, Chile

ECOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER: A CASE STUDY IN A TRANSBOUNDARY LATIN-AMERICAN RIVER (LAUCA RIVER)

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14.50-15.00

Sara K. Enders
Jordan Macknick

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, USA

twm for conservation and development in the headwaters of the coco, nicaragua and honduras

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15.00-15.10

V. Hrissanthou

Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

CALCULATION OF SEDIMENT REDUCTION AT THE OUTLET OF NESTOS RIVER BASIN, DUE TO THE DAMS

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15.10-15.20

Chronis Ioannis

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

IDENTIFICATION, TYPOLOGY AND TYPE SPECIFIC REFERENCE CONDITIONS OF RIVER WATER BODIES IN THE HELLENIC PART OF THE STRYMONAS RIVER BASIN, AS A TRANSBOUNDARY CASE STUDY

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15.20-15.30

Iordanidis Ilias

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

INTRODUCTION OF A GLM TO THE RAINFALL SIMULATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NESTOS RIVER BASIN

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15.30-15.40

Alexey V. Babkin

State Hydrological Institute, Russia

METHODOLOGIES OF ESTIMATION OF PERIODICITIES OF RIVER FLOW AND ITS LONG RANGE FORECAST. THE CASE OF TRANSBOUNDARY DANUBE RIVER

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15.40-15.50

Christina Mitsiani

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

SWOT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE AS A QUANTITATIVE TOOL FOR ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ON TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS

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15.50-16.00

Rosa Galvez

Laval University,
Canada

CANADA-USA AGREEMENT ON EUTROPHICATION CONTROL AND PROTECTION OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN

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16.00-16.10

Sabri Sener

Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey

TRANS BOUNDRY RIVERS IN TURKEY AND EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR WATERCASE STUDY. EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS RIVERS

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Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008
Poster session.  Main reception hall.

12.15-12.25

B. Tzankov

University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria

CORMIX APPLICATION ON THE THERMAL POLLUTION OF LARGE RIVERS ASSESSMENT

12.25-12.40

A.R.Masjedi

Islamic Azad University, Iran

DETERMINATION OF FLOW RESISTANCE OF VEGETATED FLOODPLAINS

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH EFFECT OF  SPUR DIKE POSITION ON THE DEPTH OF SCORING IN THE RIVERS BEND 180 DEG

LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT GROIN ANGLES ON DEPTH IN RIVER BEND

12.40-12.50

Vitaly Tatarnikov

Caspian Marine Scientific Research Center, Russia

DIAGNOSTICS OF TRASNSBOUNDARY POLLUTANTS TRANSFER IN THE CASPIAN SEA

12.50-13.00

D. C. Bobori

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

FISH SPECIES COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE IN THE ESTUARIES OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER STRYMON

13.00-13.10

R. Elfithri

UniversitiKebangsaanMalaysia, Malaysia

Collaborative Decision Making within Integrated Water Resources Management: Tool for Transboundary Waters Management

13.10-13.20

K.C.Sweety

Rural Area Development Programme (RADP), Nepal

RAIN WATER HARVESTING IN MANUNG VILLAGE OF NEPAL

 

Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008

OVERVIEW Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008

08.00-09.30

Registration

09.30-10.30

 

Parallel Sessions (2)
Rooms A,B

Session 2(I): Room A. Legal/Institutional
Where are we?
KEY NOTE Angeliki Kallia-Antoniou
(see separate table for presentations)

Session 2(II): Room B Legal/Institutional
Where are we?
KEY NOTE Stephan Burchi
 (see separate table for presentations)

10.30-11.00

Coffee break

11.00-11.40

 

Parallel Sessions (2) cont’d
Rooms A,B

Session 2(I) cont’d : Room A Legal/Institutional
Where are we?
(see separate table for presentations)

Session 2(II) cont’d : Room B Legal/Institutional
Where are we?
 (see separate table for presentations)

 

11.40-11.55

 

Round Table: Progress made in TBGW law
Room A

KEY SPEAKER Raya Marina Stephan
UNESCO IHP, France
PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL GROUNDWATER LAW:  AWARENESS AND COOPERATION

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11.55-12.30

 

Discussion

12.30-14.00

Lunch Break/ Poster Session
(see separate table for presentations)

14.00-16.00

 

Parallel
Sessions (3)
Rooms A,B,C

Session 3(I):  Room A
Socio-Economic
What alternatives do we have for the future?
KEY SPEAKER  Bo Appelgren (see separate table for presentations)

Session 3(II):  Room B
Socio-Economic
What alternatives do we have for the future
KEY SPEAKER  Eduard Interwies
(see separate table for presentations)

Session 3(III):  Room C
Socio-Economic
What alternatives do we have for the future?

KEY SPEAKER Jean Louis Oliver
(see separate table for presentations)

16.00-16.30

Coffee Break

 

16.30-17.30

 

Round Table: UNESCO / HELP
Room A

 

COORDINATOR Shahbaz Khan
UNESCO IHP, France
(see separate table for presentations)

 

17.30-18.30

 

Drafting the Thessaloniki Declaration.  Room A.

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20.30

 

Gala Dinner

 

 

Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
Legal /Institutional Issues: 
Session 2.1:  Room A. Where are we?

09.30-09.40

KEY NOTE Angeliki Kallia-Antoniou

National Centre for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Greece

THE EUROPEAN POLICY FOR MARINE ENVIRONMENT - THE NEW DIRECTIVE ON MARINE STRATEGY

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09.40-09.50

Patrick MacQuarrie

Oregon State University
USA

MANAGING CONFLICT ON THE MEKONG: SHARING DATA, EXPERIENCE, AND CAPACITY WITH THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN

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09.50-10.00

Lilian del Castillo-Laborde

Buenos Aires University
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina

EMERGING LEGAL PRINCIPLES FOR TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS AND THE SOUTH AMERICAN GUARANI AQUIFER

10.00-10.10

Guy Pegram

Pegasys International, South Africa

INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASIN ORGANISATIONS AND NATIONAL WATER INSTITUTIONS

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10.10-10.20

Richard Laster

Hebrew University
Laster Gouldman Law Office, Israel

KIDRON VALLEY/ WADI NAR  INTERNATIONAL MASTER PLAN

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10.20-10.30

Ana Elisa Cascão

 

King’s College of London, United Kingdom
CEAUP - Porto Portugal

USE OF AMBIGUITY IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS NEGOTIATIONS: THE CASE OF THE NILE RIVER BASIN

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Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
Legal /Institutional Issues: 
Session 2.1 cont’d :  Room A. Where are we?

11.00-11.10

F. Loures

International Water Law and Policy
USA

TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS MANAGEMENT, BIODIVERSITY AND
HUMAN WELL-BEING – THE ROLE OF THE CONVENTION ON
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

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11.10-11.20

E. Kolokytha

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

THE EU WFD, A DRIVING FORCE FOR SHARED WATER RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT

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11.20-11.30

Gavin Quibell1
Guy Pegram2

1EU support to ORASECOM
UK
2Pegasys Strategy and Development South Africa

Strengthening transboundary water management institutions: The case of the Orange-Senqu River Commission in southern Africa

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11.30-11.40

Viktor Dukhovny

Scientific Information Center of Interstate Coordination Water Commission, Uzbekistan

INTERSTATE COLLABORATION IN THE ARAL SEA BASIN – SUCCESS AND PROBLEMS

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Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
Legal /Institutional Issues: 
Session 2.II:  Room B. Where are we?

09.30-09.40

KEY NOTE Stephan Burchi

FAO, Italy 

REFELECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSBOUNDARY WATER LAW IN NATIONAL WATER LEGISLATION

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09.40-09.50

Jiebin Zhang

Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

NECESSITATING BASIN-WIDE AGREEMENT IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE MEKONG

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09.50-10.00

Drumea Dumitru

 

Regional Center for Strategic Environmental Studies “ECOS”, Republic of Moldova

PRUT RIVER BASIN. OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRUT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN.

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10.00-10.10

Alexander Aldabaev1, Maria Pavlova2

1Nizhny Novgorod State University
2Caspian Marine Scientific Research Center

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF EXPLOITATION AND PROTECTION OF THE CASPIAN SEA WATERS UNDER UNCERTAIN LEGAL STATUS

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10.10-10.20

S. Beqiraj1

University of Tirana Albania

STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR SHKODRA LAKE –AN EXPERIENCE FROM ALBANIAN – MONTENEGRIN TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS

10.20-10.30

M. Atwi

University of Zaragoza, Spain

A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION FOR THE JORDAN BASIN

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Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
Legal /Institutional Issues: 
Session 2.II cont’d :  Room B. Where are we?

11.00-11.10

KEY NOTE Gogo Gioni

Ministry of Development, Greece

APPLICATION OF THE INTEGRATED RESOURCES MANAGEMENT TO TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS IN GREECE

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11.10-11.20

Mashudu Murovhi

The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa

PROS AND CONS OF MANAGING SHARED RIVER BASINS USING LEGISLATIONS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES: A LIMPOPO RIVER BASIN CASE STUDY

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11.20-11.30

Nditwani Tendani

The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa

A CASE STUDY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE INCOMAPUTO AGREEMENT BY MOÇAMBIQUE, SWAZILAND AND SOUTH AFRICA

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11.30-11.40

Alessandra Correia Lima Macedo Franca

Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
Geneva University, Switzerland

SOME REFLECTIONS ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL WATER LAW SYSTEM TO THE HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

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Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
Socio-Economic Issues
Session 3(I): Room A. What alternatives do we have for the future?

14.00-14.10

KEY SPEAKER Bo Appelgren

Senior Consultant, UNESCO

TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS: A SCARCE, SHARED RESOURCE – ECONOMIC VALUATION FOR ENHANCED COMPREHENSION AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT

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14.10-14.20

N.D. Riegels

Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

AN ECONOMICS-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR OPTIMIZING WATER USE IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS

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14.20-14.30

J. Macknick
S. Enders

Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA

BI-NATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS

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14.30-14.40

Dragan Dolinaj

Milana Pašić

University of Novi Sad, Serbia

COOPERATION IN THE NAVIGABLE COURSE OF THE SAVA RIVER

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14.40-14.50

R. Elfithri

N. M. S. Faizul

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

THE NEED FOR Data and Information SHARING: TOWARDS Integrated Water Resources Management

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14.50-15.00

Zsuza Buzas

Ministry of Environment and Water, Hungary

DO WE HAVE COMPARABLE HYDROLOGICAL DATA FOR TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION?

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15.00-15.10

Georgos Balafoutas(1)
Atanasko Tuneski(2)

(1)Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

(2) Cyril & Methodius University of Skopje, FYROM

MONITORING FOR IMPROVING THE RIVER AXIOS
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15.10-15.20

Adaora Okonkwo

The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa

APPLICATION OF INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF SHARED KOMATI RIVER BASIN (CASE STUDY - GOOD PRACTICE) 

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15.20-15.30

Bejko Djana
Bushati Brilanda

University Luigj Gurakuqi, Shkoder, Albania

TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF SHARED NATURAL RESOURCES

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15.30-15.40

A. T. Hernandes

Parana Waterway Administration (AHRANA), Brazil

A TRANSBOUNDARY STAKEHOLDERS ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NAVIGATION SECTOR ON PARANA RIVER BASIN

15.40-15.50

G. A. Parisopoulos

National Agricultural Research Foundation, Greece

ADVANCES TOWARDS TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE PRESPA PARK

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15.50-16.00

Charalampos Skoulikaris

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON DAMS PROJECTS IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS. THE CASE OF MESTA/NESTOS RIVER BASIN, GREECE

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Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
Socio-Economic Issues
Session 3(II):  Room B. What alternatives do we have for the future?

14.00-14.10

KEY NOTE
Eduard Interwies

InterSus - Sustainability Services,
Germany

ASSESSING MANAGEMENT REGIMES IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS.  DO THEY SUPPORT ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT?

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14.10-14.20

Amjad Aliewi EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East, Israel PRO-AQUIFER: PROTECTING TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER RESOURCES FROM POLLUTION.  RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND GUIDELINES FOR ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN MUNICIPALITIES
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14.20-14.30

Amjad Aliewi House of Water and Environment, Palestine

MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS BETWEEN PALESTINIAN AND ISRAEL

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14.30-14.40

S. Skias

Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

BASIC PROBLEMS AND PREREQUISITES REGARDING THE TRANSBOUNDARY IWRM IN SE EUROPE. THE R. EVROS CASE

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14.40-14.50

E. Eleftheriadou,
Y. Mylopoulos

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS: INCORPORATING WATER QUALITY IN NEGOTIATIONS

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14.50-15.00

C. Mukwaya

Ministry of Water and Environment, Entebbe, Uganda

COOPERATION IN MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE RUIZI CATCHMENT, SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA

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15.00-15.10

Anastasios I. Valvis

 

Harokopio University, Institute of International Economic Relations, Greece

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY: INTEREST OR VALUE ORIENTED RELATIONSHIP? THE CASES OF THE TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS NESTOS AND EVROS

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15.10-15.20

A. C. Coelho M.

Colorado State University, USA

DELINEATION OF WATER RESOURCES UNITS TO PROMOTE IWRM AND FACILITATE TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CONFLICTS RESOLUTION

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15.20-15.30

Peter Roebeling

University of Aveiro, Portugal

GAINS FROM TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT IN LINKED CATCHMENT AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS

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15.30-15.40

Elena Nikitina

Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Russia

HOW BETTER GOVERNANCE AND STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION COULD REDUCE WATER INSECURITIES IN SHARED RIVER BASINS

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15.40-15.50

Y. Mylopoulos
E.Kolokytha

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

HYDRODIPLOMACY, A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN SHARED WATER RESOURCES IN GREECE 

15.50-16.00

Guy Pegram

GWP- Southern, South Africa

INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTO INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

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16.00-16.10

Taher Hassan

National Water Research Center, Egypt

HARMONIZATION OF TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER BODIES IN SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN. CASE STUDY OF EGYPT

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Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
Socio-Economic Issues
Session 3(III):  Room C. What alternatives do we have for the future?

14.00-14.10

KEY SPEAKER
Jean Louis Oliver

The French Water Academy, France

THE FRENCH WATER ACADEMY’S COMMITMENT IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 

14.10-14.20

S. Laçi, 
E. Kola

University of Tirana, Albania

MANAGEMENT OF MICRO PRESPA’S LAKE – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND PERSPECTIVES

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14.20-14.30

Galina Monakhova1
Elena Belyaeva2

1Dagestan State University, 2Caspian Marine Scientific Research Center, Russia

NATURAL AND HUMAN BOUNDARIES AT THE CASPIAN SEA

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14.30-14.40

N. Kranz

Ecologic, Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Germany

PARTICIPATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT- FOSTERING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY?

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14.40-14.50

Dragana Ninković

Institute for the Development of Water Resources, Serbia

IMPLEMENTATION OF EU WFD IN NON-EU COUNTRIES:
SERBIA IN THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN

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14.50-15.00

Kwame Odame-Ababio

IUCN-PACO, Burkina Faso

Stimulating stakeholders’ support for managing shared waters – experiences from the Volta Basin

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15.00-15.10

A. Fawzy
E. Maternowski

University of Jordan, WERSC & Cologne University of Applied Sciences, ITT, Germany

The Dilemma of Dead Sea Basin - A Reassessment of Solutions from an IWRM-Perspective

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15.10-15.20

N. Tutavac1,
I. Čanjevac2

1Ministry of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management
2University of Zagreb, Croatia

TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS IN CROATIA: FLOWING TOWARDS COOPERATION

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15.20-15.30

Rebecca L. Teasley

The University of Texas at Austin, USA

WATER MANAGEMENT POLICIES TO REDUCE THE OVER ALLOCATION OF WATER IN THE RIO GRANDE

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15.30-15.40

Rebecca L. Teasley

The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Water Resources Management in The Rio Grande/ Bravo River Basin using Cooperative Game Theory

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15.40-15.50

Tesfaye Tafesse

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

AN APPRAISAL OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATER  
DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE NILE BASIN

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15.50-16.00

H. R. Lotfy

University of Namibia, Namibia

INVOLVING STAKEHOLDERS IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

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Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
UNESCO HELP Session. Room A
COORDINATOR Shahbaz Khan

 

16.30-16.40

 

Shahbaz Khan

 

UNESCO IHP HELP

 

INTRODUCTION TO UNESCO HELP

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16.40-16.50

J.M. Monget

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mines de Paris, France

THE DIMENSION OF CHANGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY MESTA/NESTOS RIVER BASIN.

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16.50-17.00

A. Prasad

Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Australia

MURRAY-DARLING BASIN, AUSTRALIA: A SUCCESS STORY IN TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT

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17.00-17.10

José María Martínez Rodríguez

El Colegio de Sonora, México

COOPERATION FOR TRANSBOUNDARY WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: THE MEXICO-U.S. SAN PEDRO RIVER

17.10-17.20

Anne Browning-Aiken

University of Arizona, USA

WATER INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES IN THE U.S.-MEXICO UPPER SAN PEDRO BASIN: IS DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE WHERE TRANSBOUNDARY POLICIES CONFLICT?

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17.20-17.30

 

Shahbaz Khan

 

UNESCO IHP HELP

 

DISCUSSION


 

Day 2 Thursday 16th October 2008
Poster session.  Main reception hall.

12.30-12.40

I.M. Deyab

Environmental Public Authority, Kuwait

AN OVERVIEW ON NON-SPECIFIC METHODS OF ORGANIC MATTER IN MARINE MORTALITY INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES

12.40-12.50

M.A. Fomenko

Institute “Cadaster” Russia

CURRENT LIABILITY (ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE COMPENSATION) CAUSED BY COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS OF COMPANIES

12.50-13.00 D. Panagoulia

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

SEDIMENT YIELD MODELLING IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS: APPLICATION TO THE NESTOS RIVER BASIN

13.00-13.10

M. Gletsos

Society for the Protection of Prespa,  Greece

Transboundary Cooperation in the Prespa Basin: Experiences, Perspectives and Lessons Learned

13.10-13.20

K. Kober

Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations, Spain

SPI-WATER. SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACING IN SUPPORT OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION

13.20-13.30

K.W. Tan

National University of Malaysia, Malaysia

INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN MALAYSIA: AN EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

13.30-13.40

Vystavna Yuliya

National Academy of Municipal Economy, Ukraine

INTEGRATED SOCIO-ECONOMIC CRITERIA OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATER USE

13.40-13.50

Henrique de Almeida Pereira

London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AMERICA: IDENTIFYING BARRIERS FOR POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

 

Day 3 Friday 17th October 2008

OVERVIEW
Day 3 Friday 17th October 2008

08.00-09.30

Registration

 

09.30-10.00

 

Session 4 :
Room A
Review of GEF Projects in the Mediterranean and SEE

KEY SPEAKER
Ivan Zavadsky

International Waters,
GEF Secretariat, USA 

GEF SUPPORT FOR THE ATHENS DECLARATION AND PETERSBERG PROCESS: TOWARD IMPROVED TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT AND THE FIFTH WORLD WATER FORUM .

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10.00-10.30

 

Discussion

10.30-11.00

Coffee break

 

 

11.00-12.30

 

Round Table:
Room A
The UNESCO / ISARM Programme: Progress made world wide and new perspectives

KEY SPEAKER
Neno Kukuric

IGRAC, The Netherlands 

TOWARDS A METHODOLOGY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF INTERNATIONALLY SHARED AQUIFERS

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KEY SPEAKER
Jacques Ganoulis

UNESCO Chair, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 

RECENT ADVANCES IN TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN THE BALKANS (SEE)

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KEY SPEAKER
Alex Makarigakis

UNESCO Windhoek, Namibia

TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA 

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Discussion

12.30-14.00

Lunch break/Poster session
(see separate table for presentations)

 

14.00-15.00

 

Discussion and Acceptance of the Thessaloniki Declaration. Room A

 

15.00-16.00

Plenary Session/Round Table.
Room A

KEY SPEAKER Joseph Westphal, The New School, New York, USA
WHY BORDERS MATTER: THE CHALLENGES TO MANAGING GROUNDWATER ACROSS POLITICAL BOUNDARIES

Chairperson:  Jacques Ganoulis, UNESCO Chair, AUTh
Findings of the Symposium: Conclusions and Recommendations:
            

 

16.00-17.30

 

General Discussion/ Closing Session


 

Day 3 Friday 17th October 2008
Poster session. Main reception hall.

12.30-12.40

T.A. Burenina

V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russia

FOREST MANAGEMENT AS A REGULATOR WATER BUDGET IN BASSIN BAIKAL LAKE

12.40-12.50

Rabih Ghostine

Ecole Nationale du Génie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement de Strasbourg, France

SIMULATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLOW IN CROSSROADS: CONFRONTATION OF A 2D AND 3D NUMERICAL APPROACHES TO EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

12.50-13.00

Oladipo O. Adejumo

The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria

SOIL WATER CONTENT AND BULK DENSITY VALUES FOR CENTRAL SOUTH WEST NIGERIAN SOILS AS DETERMINED BY DUAL ENERGY GAMMA-RAY TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUE

13.00-13.10

Suzana Alchinova Monevska

Hydrometeorological Institute, FY Republic of Macedonia

TEMPERATURE AND PLUVIOMETRIC CHANGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY IN FY REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

13.10-13.20

F. Sdao

University of Basilicata, Italy

VULNERABILITY OF THE KARST AQUIFERS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE MOUNT LA SPINA HYDROGEOLOGICAL SYSTEM IN BASILICATA (SOUTHERN ITALY)

13.20-13.30

M. Campanini, M. Clerici

Regione Lombardia, Italy

TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (AQST) - “RIVER CONTRACTS”